Bay City, Where Shadows Lie

I just finished Bay City, Where Shadows Lie by my good friend J.E. Cammon. Now let me first say I had the chance to read the first half or so over a year ago as J and I were in a writing group together. It is good to see all of the key elements I enjoyed then are still intact after publication, as well it was great to finally get to finish it.
This book marks the beginning of a saga in which a werewolf, a vampire, and a magician of sorts are compelled to work together by circumstance as well as commonality. At its core the book gives a depth of character that one can easily immerse themselves in. Cammon doesn't shy away from getting inside the mind of the darker complex characters any more than the younger naive ones. By its end you will find yourself rooting for both. Well paced fun times as well a satisfying ending are all easy to come by in this read. There is just enough to have you ready for more of the saga.
Get it now through Amazon, Barnes and Noble.com or through Cammon's blog.

Combining fiction, film, and fingers.

Over the past few years, the video game industry has surpassed the film making industry in dollars made. So what does this mean for writers? I don’t think it took these resent statistics to cause anyone to think a writer has a better chance at writing for a video game company than a having the book made into a movie. However, with the success of recent games such as Halo Reach and the multi-platform Call of duty Black Ops. It should be easy for anyone to see the chance at a writer’s chance to be involved with successful franchises.


Award winning fantasy writer, Naomi Novik, is a founding board member of a site called Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the fair-use rights of fan creators. The site has a section dedicated to video games with thousands of fan-written stories for titles ranging from Assassin’s Creed to Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. And although fan fiction has a reputation for being, less than marketable, in some cases, there is a market for it. Author and good friend, J.E. Cammon, recently post a story on Fictionaut. It is a fiction story about a kid who suffers seizures and plays a video game comparable to Eve online (A MMORPG, with over 300,000 active players reported in March of 2010.) The story is called Forerunner, enjoy.



Meanwhile, as you’re writing, think of your game on the small screen with a controller in your hand, instead of the big screen with popcorn in your mouth. That is unless you have a really big screen. If you do…, you’re probably the guy who keeps shooting me in the back on Black Ops, and I hate you.

Dragon*con killers

Welcome sci fi fans to the event of the south! And as Chris Burns twitted; "What the hell happened? I had like two drinks...and Dragoncon is over."

The convention is over and it flashed by at light speed. The highlight for me was meeting an author of one of my recently reviewed and favorite books I Am Not A Serial Killer, Dan Wells. He is by far the nicest guy that I know who might possibly be thinking about how to kill you. So check out his book or I might help him kill you. Again the event has come and gone and hopefully you don't have too many blisters on your feet and didn't blow all your cash in the vendors' room or on drinks. Check back here because we'll be doing some polls and asking for feedback on what you think could be different for the convention in the future. Again, or we might kill you.

Just kidding, I am planning to order a shirt like that right now. Plus this was my favorite costume of the entire event, so I couldn't be a serial killer... right? 

Time to get Wallo'ed

Doctor Wallo is up and has three chapters for you to enjoy. Check it out and tell your friends.

Dragon*Con

The time nears again. The four day Sci Fi event of the south starts September 3rd. Here's the info.

Dragon*Con

How Stuff Works: Dragon*Con

I am not a serial killer - Wells

I just finished reading I am not a serial killer by Dan wells. Some books get good a hundred pages in, this one went from great to awesome a hundred pages in. I'm not the type for gore (on screen or in print) but I couldn't put it down. The book has just enough of the gruesome to support the story of a sociopath and his battle with demons. I highly recommend it!

Dan Well is a co-host on the Writing Excuses podcast. This is his first novel.

Rework

Hmm, fitting to have gotten into a book called Rework just as I'm working on edits.
Great book with tons of new ideas and strategies. Very useful for writers too! I got the audible version.